A sample of the hydroxyl radical has been cooled to a temperature of a few millikelvin. The result opens the door to observing phenomena such as Bose–Einstein condensation of molecules in their ground state. See Letter p.396
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Julienne, P. Cool molecules. Nature 492, 364–365 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/492364a
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